Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-05-20
BRIEFS.

by the citizens Of Charlestown on his re-
turn from the Legislature last week.
Hon. VIM. ii. Travers made congrat-
ulatory address. to which Judge Beck
with fittingly responded.
The room in the building of Mr.. VIM.
Rightstine on Main street has been re-
fitted for the occupancy of Mr.. G. X.
Lewis, jeweler, who will remove to it
soon. Mr.. Newton Walters did the car
penter work and Mr.. Thomas Miller the
painting.
The schedule of the Shenandoah VAL
ley Railroad passenger trains will be
found this week and hereafter in our
columns, the railroad officials having
made satisfactory terms for its publica-
ton. This is convenience the public
will appreciate.
Last Sunday being "Children's Day"
in the NJ. f. Church South, services of
more than usual interest were held in
the Shepherdstown church Of that de-
nomination by the Sunday School. Mr..
w. p. Licklider is superintendent Of the
school, which is in most flourishing
| condition.
Judge John Blair Hoge is suffering
from recent severe fall. While walk
ing along the street in Washington lie
was seized with an attack of vertigo
and fell, striking his head on some hard
substance. A serious cash was cut in
his head, and he was carried to his room
unconscious.
Creameries in Frederick county, Md,
are said to pay from So to 81 per month
per cow, which means $50 to $4S per
year for each COW that is well fed and
well MIXED. If these figures are cor
rect, it beats raising wheat and corn;
besides, the farmers get their returns
every month, instead of every year.
When visiting printing office keep
these rules in view: Enter softly; shut
the door; sit down quietly; subscribe
for the paper and pay in advance; keep
six feet from the devil; don't whistle;
hands off the manuscripts; don't talk to
the compositors; don't read the type on
the galleys; and, above all things, don't
ask what's the news.
On last Friday, while assisting in
making up freight train at Roanoke,
Va, j. L. w. Rogers, brakeman on
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, was
caught between the cars and instantly
killed, his body being horribly mangled.
He was aged twenty-one years and had
been in the employ of the Shenandoah
Valley Company only two months.
At recent meeting of the [. o. G. Il.
of Leetown the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term: E. c.
Watson, c.. T.; Charles Jones, V. T.;
James Strider, X. Secretary; George L.
Watson, F. Secretary; II. III. Buck,
Treasurer; Jacob Snyder, Chap; Harry
Watson, NJ. Harry Strider. l. g.; Chas.
Lee Baker, o. G.; and Geo. D. john
son, Assistant Secretary.
At Martinsburg Monday night State
Senator j. III. Gettinger was serenaded
at his residence as a testimonial to his
effort in bringing about the nomination
of the Hon. c. j. Faulkner for the
United State Senate. Postmaster Colston
acted as chairman, and introduced Mr..
Gettinger, who gracefully acknowl-
edged the compliment. Senator Faulk-
ner also addressed the assemblage.
A party consisting of Phil. s. Miller,
Julian Kean, Miss Roosevelt, Miss How
land, Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Scrymer,
all of New York city, passed through
Shepherdstown on Tuesday in their
own private fourth hand conveyance.
They have been at Gettysburg, Antie-
tam and Harper's Ferry, and will go on
down the Valley to Luray and Natural
Bridge.
Mr.. E. Il. Licklider makes announce
ment this week of his line of binders,
mowers, cultivators, &C., and asks the
farmers to inspect his stock before pur-
chasing. He handles the Osborne ma
chinery, which is getting great hold
in this county. and in fact wherever In
troduced. Mr.. Licklider will deal on
the square, and his goods will be what
he says they are.
We were very sorry that our package
of papers for Kearneysville were not
received at that place in proper time
! last week. Some rascal Of clerk must
have run the mail sack through a
threshing machine, for several packages
were bursted open and their contents
scattered after they left our office. We
are thinking OF sending our papers
through the mail in an il on bound keg
it takes something like that to have
them delivered safely.
There has been a tremendous rise in
the price of coffee. That which sold
a few months ago at 10 cents is now 20
cents pound and still going up. The
cheap grade which was 10 cents has
iumped to % cents. If coffee goes much
higher we will have to 60 to drinking
sassafras tea. The prices have been put
up ty few spectators, who are max
ing enormous sums by the advance.
The bottom is liable to drop out sudden
". and it is to be hoped it will soon do
it.
The Bohemian oats man evidently has
a brother. That brother has been going
around in Pennsylvania selling eggs for
SO a dozen and contracting to take all
the chickens Matched from them at IS